The 2011 Autobacs Super GT Series was the nineteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the seventh season as the Super GT series. It also marked the twenty-ninth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300. The season began on May 1 and ended on November 13, 2011 after 8 races and 1 non-championship race. The season was due to start on April 2, but the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami caused its postponement.
In the GT500 class, MOLA won the championship in their first ever season in the GT500 class. The MOLA drivers also scored some notable achievements with this title victory: Masataka Yanagida, who had won the GT300 title in 2003 and 2010, becomes the first (and so far only) driver to win both the GT500 and the GT300 class, while Ronnie Quintarelli would win his first out of four GT500 titles in this season. In the GT300 class, Goodsmile Racing & Studie shocked everyone by winning the championship with the Hatsune Miku itasha-liveried BMW Z4 GT3, giving series veteran Nobuteru Taniguchi and Taku Bamba their first title in this series. It also marked the first championship title for FIA GT3-specification cars in this series.
The provisional calendar was released on 8 August 2010. The Autopolis round which was absent the previous season was added to the calendar while the Suzuka race was reduced to a 700 km Endurance race only. Like the previous season, the non-Super GT pointed race JAF Grand Prix was to be raced as a conclusion to the season. [1]
However, due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, a large part of the season was modified to cope with the situation.
The calendar was updated on 15 April 2011.
Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Okayama GT 250km race | ![]() | May 22 [2] |
2 | Fuji GT 400km race 1 | ![]() | May 1 |
3 | Super GT International Series Malaysia | ![]() | June 19 |
4 | Sugo GT 250km race | ![]() | July 30 |
5 | 40th Pokka GT Summer Special | ![]() | August 21 |
6 | Fuji GT 250km race | ![]() | September 11 |
7 | Super GT in Kyushu 250km | ![]() | October 2 |
8 | Motegi GT 250km race | ![]() | October 16 |
NC | JAF Grand Prix - Fuji Sprint Cup | ![]() | November 12 |
November 13 |
Notes:
As a response of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the racing calendar and regulations were given a lot of modifications as a response to the national policy of energy conservation.
Notes:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Rank | Team | No. | OKA ![]() | FUJ ![]() | SEP ![]() | SUG ![]() | SUZ ![]() | FUJ ![]() | AUT ![]() | MOT ![]() | FUJ ![]() | FUJ ![]() | Pts. | |
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1 | MOLA | 46 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 113 | |
2 | Nismo | 23 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 102 | |
3 | Weider Honda Racing | 1 | 7 | 13 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 75 | |
4 | Keihin Real Racing | 17 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 71 | |
5 | Team Impul | 12 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | Ret | 68 | |
6 | Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo | 38 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 68 | |
7 | Lexus Team SARD | 39 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 61 | |
8 | Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S | 36 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 60 | |
9 | Team Kunimitsu | 100 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 56 | |
10 | Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | 6 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 50 | |
11 | Kondo Racing | 24 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 12 | Ret | 9 | 50 | |
12 | Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh | 19 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 41 | |
13 | Nakajima Racing | 32 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 37 | |
14 | Lexus Team Kraft | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 27 | |
15 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 26 | |
Rank | Team | No. | OKA ![]() | FUJ ![]() | SEP ![]() | SUG ![]() | SUZ ![]() | FUJ ![]() | AUT ![]() | MOT ![]() | FUJ ![]() | FUJ ![]() | Pts. |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Rank | Team | No. | OKA ![]() | FUJ ![]() | SEP ![]() | SUG ![]() | SUZ ![]() | FUJ ![]() | AUT ![]() | MOT ![]() | FUJ ![]() | FUJ ![]() | Pts. | |
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1 | Goodsmile Racing & Studie with Team Ukyo | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 111 | |
2 | Jim Gainer | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 105 | |
3 | Hankook KTR | 33 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 82 | |
4 | R&D Sport | 62 | 8 | 18 | 8 | Ret | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 75 | |
5 | Team SG Changi | 14 | 15 | 16 | Ret | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 8 | 11 | 65 | |
6 | apr | 74 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 62 | |
7 | Cars Tokai Dream28 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 51 | |
8 | A speed | 66 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 10 | Ret | 49 | |
9 | Samurai Team Tsuchiya | 25 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 49 | |||
10 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 43 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 46 | |
11 | JLOC | 88 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 45 | |
12 | JLOC | 87 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 42 | |
13 | LMP Motorsport | 27 | 5 | 11 | 3 | Ret | 11 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 41 | |
14 | apr | 31 | 12 | 4 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 7 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 31 | |
15 | JLOC | 86 | 10 | Ret | 14 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 27 | |
16 | Team Taisan Cinecitta | 26 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 10 | Ret | 14 | 19 | |
17 | Team Taisan Cinecitta | 41 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 21 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 15 | |||
18 | Team Mach | 5 | 19 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 17 | 21 | 16 | 14 | ||||
19 | Team Art Taste | 15 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 11 | |||||
20 | R'QS Motorsports | 22 | 13 | 13 | 16 | Ret | 19 | 14 | 12 | Ret | 9 | |||
21 | Thunder Asia Racing | 69 | 15 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 9 | |||
22 | Hankook KTR | 34 | 17 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 5 | |||||||
23 | Direction Racing | 7 | 14 | Ret | 16 | 4 | ||||||||
24 | Jim Gainer | 10 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 3 | ||||||||
25 | Tomei Sports | 360 | 17 | 18 | DNS | DNS | 2 | |||||||
Rank | Team | No. | OKA ![]() | FUJ ![]() | SEP ![]() | SUG ![]() | SUZ ![]() | FUJ ![]() | AUT ![]() | MOT ![]() | FUJ ![]() | FUJ ![]() | Pts. |